Barley Contract Specifications (Updated on December 22, 2010) Name of Commodity Barley Ticker symbol BARLEYJPR Trading System NCDEX Trading System Basis Ex-warehouse Jaipur (Chomu/KukurKheda) gross basis inclusive of all local taxes and levies Unit of trading 10 MT Delivery unit 10 MT Quotation/base value Rs per quintal Tick size Re. 0.20 Barley as per the following specification shall be acceptable for delivery : Moisture 10% basis Damaged including Discoloured (black tipped/ black cornered only) 3% basis Quality specification Weeviled Foreign Matter 1% Max (Extraneous Matter)-Not more than 1 % by weight, of which not more than 0.25% by weight shall be mineral matter and not more than 0.10 % by weight shall be impurities of animal origin.
Other food grains Broken Kernels TCW (weight of thousand grains) 1% Max 3% basis 40 gm basis Quantity variation +/- 5 % Basis Delivery centre Jaipur (Chomu/Kukurkheda) (Up to 50 km radius from the municipal limits) Additional delivery centres Sri Madhopur, Sri Ganganagar,Hanumangarh and Rewari (Up to 50 km radius from the municipal limits) at a premium/discount as announced by the Exchange from time to time Hours of Trading As per directions of the Forward Markets Commission from time to time, currently - Mondays through Fridays - 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturdays - 10.00 AM to 2.00 PM The Exchange may vary the above timing with due notice Upon expiry of the contract, all outstanding open positions would result in compulsory delivery. Delivery specification The penalty structure for failure to meet delivery obligations will be as per circular no. NCDEX/TRADING- 086/2008/216 dated September 16, 2008. Opening of contracts Trading in a new month contract to open on the 10th day of the month. If the 10th day happens to be a non-trading day, contracts would open on the next trading day. 20th day of the delivery month Due date/expiry date If 20th happens to be a holiday, a Saturday or a Sunday then the due date shall be the immediately preceding trading day (other than a Saturday) of the Exchange Closing of contracte Upon the expiry of contract all the outstanding open
position would result in compulsory delivery No. of active contracts As per launch calendar Price band Daily price fluctuation limit is (+/-) 2%. If the trade hits the prescribed daily price limit there will be a cooling off period for 15 minutes. Trade will be allowed during this cooling off period within the price band. Thereafter, the price band shall be raised by another (+/-) 2% and trade will be resumed. If the price hits the revised price band again during the day, trade will only be allowed within the revised price band. No trade/order shall be permitted during the day beyond the revised limit of (+/-) 4%. On the first day, the limit on daily price fluctuation will be reckoned with reference to the opening price. On the second and subsequent days, the daily price fluctuation limit will be reckoned with reference to the mark-tomarket rate of the previous closing day. Member-wise: 32,500 MT or 15% of market wide open position whichever is higher. Client-wise: 6,500 MT Hedge positions as indicated vide Commission s letter no. 4/4/2005-NCDEX/COMPL dated 4/10/2005. Position Limits For near month contracts : The following limits would be applicable from one month prior to expiry date of a contract Member: Maximum of 6,500 MT or 15% of market-wide near month open position, whichever is higher Client: Maximum of 1300 MT Special margins In case of additional volatility, a special margin at such other percentage, as deemed fit, will be imposed in respect of outstanding positions, which will remain in force as long as the volatility exists, after which the special margin may be relaxed Premium/Discount Location Premium/Discount The premium or discount for Rewari, Srimadhopur,
Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar vis-a-vis the basis center, would be announced by the Exchange before launching of any new contracts Quality Premium/Discount for all the months: Quality variance is acceptable in specifications for Moisture, Damaged including discoloured (black tipped), Weeviled Grains, Foreign Matter, TCW (thousand corn weight) only with discounts as follows: Moisture Moisture above 10% but up to 12% shall beaccepted with rebate on 1:1 basis Moisture above 12% - rejected Damaged including Discoloured (black tipped/black cornered only) Damaged including {Discoloured (black tipped/ black cornered only) above 3% but up to 4.5% shall be accepted with rebate on 1:1 basis which shall be applied to such content rounded off to the higher 0.5%. Broken Kernels Broken kernels above 3% but up to 5% shall be accepted with rebate on 1:1 basis which shall be applied to such content rounded off to the higher 0.5% Broken kernels more than 5% - Rejected TCW (Weight for thousand kernels) TCW will be 40 gram basis. Acceptable up to 37 gram with rebate on 1:1 basis and up to 36 gm with rebate on 1:2 basis Final Settlement Price The Final Settlement Price (FSP) shall be arrived at by taking the average of the last three days spot prices. The last spot price for the day as polled by the Exchange during the last three days shall be taken for arriving at the FSP. In the event of unavailability of the spot prices during any one of the last three days excluding the expiry day (i.e., on E 1 or E 2), the spot price of the previous day (E - 3) shall be considered for the average of the last
three days. In case spot prices are not available during the 3 day period prior to the expiry date, the last spot price of the expiry day shall be considered for arriving at the FSP. Tolerance Limit :- Commodity Specifications Basis Acceptable quality range as per contract specification Permissible Tolerance Moisture 10% basis 12% max -- Damaged including Discolored (black tipped/ black cornered only) 3% basis 4.5% max +/- 0.5% Foreign Matter (Extraneous Matter)-Not more than 1 % by weight,of which not more than 0.25% by weight shall be mineral matter and not more than 0.10 % by weight shall be impurities of animal origin. - - Weevilled Grains 1% max - +/-0.5% Other food Grains 1% max - - Broken Kernels 3% basis 5% max +/- 0.25% TCW (weight of thousand grains) 40 gm basis 36gm max +/- 0.5% Max Tolerance (for all characteristics) +/- 1%
Contract Launch Calendar Contract Launch Month Contract Expiry Month October 2010 March 2011 November 2010 April 2011 December 2010 May 2011 January 2011 No Launch February 2011 No Launch March 2011 June 2011 April 2011 July 2011 May 2011 August 2011 June 2011 September 2011 July 2011 October 2011 August 2011 November 2011 September 2011 December 2011